Use of bleomycin through a local reservoir in patients with cystic craniopharyngiomas;Uso de la bleomicina mediante un reservorio local en pacientes con craneofaringiomas quísticos

Medicina Interna de Mexico

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 273-277

  Hernández, Josué ^a,b   Morel, Carmen ^a   González, Armando ^a   García, Silvia ^a   Hernández, Manuel ^a   Zárate, Antonio ^a  

^a CENTRO MÉDICO NACIONAL 20 DE NOVIEMBRE   (Mexico)

^b Hospital 20 de Noviembre   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bleomycin; Craniopharyngiomas; Craniotomy; Lactic acid dehydrogenase; Ommaya

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; RESERVOIR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISION;

EID: 24944541528     PISSN: 01864866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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